Today's News

The 2011 family reunion for descendants and relatives of William (Bill, Willie) J. Brown born 1850 in Anderson County will be held June 18. Anyone related to Bill is welcome and encouraged to attend. Please call Vicky at (865) 696-6237 or email foustgenology@live.com for further details.

This year the Jellico Board of Mayor and Aldermen created an eight-week summer work program for teens.

While the Tennessee Career Center recruited students at Jellico High School to work for different industries, the Town’s program gave them the alternative of working outdoor jobs. Jobs were only offered to rising and graduating seniors who live in Jellico.

“I’d love to work everybody, but we have to take care of the kids from Jellico,” Jellico Mayor Les Stiers said.

A Knoxville City K-9 officer was killed in Campbell County last week after he allegedly bit a woman.

Police reports indicate the woman was in her garage when she noticed Elko, a Belgian Malinois, standing in the doorway. Her first inclination was to attempt to chase the dog from the garage by yelling and clapping her hands, the Campbell County Sheriff’s Department report said. Instead of Elko leaving the garage, he allegedly advanced towards the 71-year-old woman biting her on the right arm, pulling her to the ground.

The county’s fiscal year is coming to an end. While commissioners have been meeting for months to discuss the particulars of the upcoming budget, Jeff Marlow, finance director, took time during Monday’s budget and finance meeting to brief the group on some items it will be required to vote on at next week’s meeting.

In a series of arrests, the Campbell County Sheriff’s Department destroyed eight meth labs in five days.

Last Tuesday, Deputy Cody Chapman began the arrests when he went to a home on Pleasant Lane in LaFollette. He had received information that a meth lab was at the home, said CCSD Chief Deputy Jonathan Finley.

Once at the home, Chapman’s investigation allegedly revealed an active lab under the front porch of the home, Finley said. Also allegedly found was two other labs that had recently been used and discarded.

Touting his “all-in” approach to life and football, Justin Price was introduced Friday morning as Campbell County’s new head football coach.

Price, a 2002 graduate of Anderson County High School where he earned Tennessee Mr. Football honors as a senior quarterback, had served as an assistant coach at his alma mater since 2007. He resigned Wednesday afternoon to accept an offer to be the Cougars’ head coach.

Commissioners spent time hearing the concerns and proposals of a number of citizens during Monday’s workshop meeting.

Controversy continued to swirl around Danny Sheckles, EMS director, and his department when a former employee took to the microphone to question Sheckles’ decision to terminate him from the department.

According to Chris Demott, Sheckles terminated his employment on May 11 without providing reasons for the move.